A curiosity:At the GK tea house (which I still haven't been able to pinpoint) they were given instructions to walk to the Gong Guan night market. More than once, however, we see shots of the Raohe street night market, which is on the other end of town. Filler shots? Gong guan wasn't colorful enough?

The fact that Taiwan is independent from China is clear. So why would this website(I haven't a clue as to which one although I did look around on the official Amazing Race 12 site) be touting Taiwan as part of China?

The obvious inference I can draw is that somebody sees more future benefits in sucking up to the mainland Chinese than in sucking up to the Taiwanese. How many Amazing Races have been in Taiwan? That's trivial, just this one. How many have been in China? AR1, AR2(counting Hong Kong), AR6, AR10, AR11. Which country would you be courting if you were running the Amazing Race? Mainland China for sure. Well, there you have the answer!